Councillors from Lichfield and Burntwood have pledged their commitment to local residents at a civic ceremony.
The annual event took place at St Michael’s Church and saw chairman Cllr
A councillor who resigned has hit back at her party’s leader on Lichfield District Council by accusing him of reducing her departure to a “point-scoring” exercise.
It is “business as usual” for firefighters, according to Staffordshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner as the governance of the fire service transfers to him.
The resignation of a Conservative councillor after less than six months in office has highlighted a failure in leadership, according to the leader of the opposition group at Lichfield District Council.
The leader of Lichfield District Council says he is extremely disappointed by a Conservative councillor’s decision to resign – and insisted that councillors needed to “rise above self interest”.
A councillor has resigned after saying her faith in Lichfield District Council as an organisation doing the best for local residents had been destroyed by planning chiefs being allowed to open the door for inappropriate developments across the city.
Lichfield and Burntwood’s MP has said he intends to carry on interacting on social media despite coming under fire for a number of posts.
Candidates at next year’s local elections will need to be clear about their views on the future of the Friarsgate site, according to a Lichfield community group.
The city’s MP says fingers will be pointed at Lichfield District Council if it “doesn’t step up a notch” in finding a new solution following the failure to deliver Friarsgate.
A Lichfield councillor says he is hopeful calls for a cross-party working group to look at a plan B for Friarsgate will be heard.
Councillors have been told Lichfield residents cannot afford to wait another 15 years for a replacement for Friarsgate.
Council bosses have admitted that work on Lichfield’s new library has been delayed – but insist it will still finish this year.
